Hurricane Sandy

PSEG's Sewaren Substation is Back Online; 20,000 Get Their Power Restored

In the latest update from the electric utility, 97 percent who lost power during Sandy have the lights back on.

The clouds are lifting in PSEG's service area. Ninety-seven percent of the utility's 1.7 million customers affected by Hurricane Sandy last week have had their power restored, the company said in their latest update. That leaves 45,000 still without power from the hurricane. More good news from Wednesday's nor'easter is that 20,000 customers who lost power had it restored by 8 pm Thursday night. This included customers affected by an equipment failure in the substation located in the Sewaren section of Woodbridge. Affected customers who got their lights back on last night were located in portions of Woodbridge Proper, Port Reading, Carteret, Linden, Metuchen, Union, Elizabeth, Kenilworth, Perth Amboy, Roselle, Roselle Park, Westfield, …

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Former Fanwood Pub Owner Is Making Strides In The High-Heeled Shoe Industry

Mountainside resident Sean Flannery has launched a line of shoes with retractable heels.

The former co-owner of a popular local pub has gone from serving drinks, to launching a new business that will come as a relief to women who routinely wear high heels. Mountainside resident Sean Flannery, former co-owner of Flannery's pub in Fanwood, recently sold his share of the popular local tavern in order to continue with his latest venture — a convertible high-heeled shoe company known as Camileon Heels. The shoes — which have been featured in magazines and touted by celebrities such as Rachael Ray — feature a heel that retracts to take the footwear from high heel to low heel with one click. A former model and avid businessman who has been involved in numerous pursuits in the fashion industry, the resident opened Flannery's more than…

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Nicole Bitette

10:49 am on Friday, October 19, 2012

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